CGC Exam 2 Questions And Accurate Answers (A+)
Vector-borne Disease - Definition: A disease that results from an infection transmitted to
humans and other animals by blood-feeding arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks and
fleas.
Example: Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, malaria
Importance: As deforestation and global warming occurs, humans are in closer
proximity to animals and biodiversity decreases, exponentially increasing the odds of
the spread of disease.
Threat multipliers- Answer Define: idea that climate change couples with other factors
to cause security problems
Example/Significance: water crises can heighten State fragility and serve as a threat
multiplier. As the Secretary-General observed, climate change must be regarded as a
threat multiplier. Climate Change is a threat multiplier that affects our security and
peace.
Non-diversified economy - Answer Define: An economy dependent of one specific field
of product or service.
Example: The Bahamas' tourism-based economy.
Importance: this type of economy is super fragile because in case of depending on one
source of something, if it doesn't work out, then the economy would crash.
Grassroot Collaborations- Definition Answer Define: A group of people in a district,
region, or community that organize in order to create change at a local, regional,
, national, or international level.
Example: Elizabeth River Project
Importance: A way that a group of individuals can better their environment in their local
communities or in a larger scale.
Watershed Restorations - Answer Define: Restoration of a watershed returns the
ecosystem to as close an approximation as possible of its state prior to a specific
incident or period of deterioration. Restoration can be divided into two broad
categories—reestablishment and rehabilitation.
Example: Correcting the damage from a sewage or chemical spill
Importance: Watershed restorations can help us undo the damage we have done to our
watersheds
Resource extraction - Answer Define: the taking of resources in the territory of one
nation or ethnic group by an outside power, basis of colonialism and the modern global
economy
Example: hunting, mining, oil and gas drilling, and forestry. **The gold mining in Central
America which produced harmful chemicals that leeched into the soil and water making
the land unsuitable for life.
Significance: It gives to humans all sorts of useful products. The environmental effects
from these activities, though may be irreversible and quite damaging.
Eutrophication - Definition Answer NOT ON TERMS LIST
Nutrients become overly focused in a biotic community, generally a body of water,
Vector-borne Disease - Definition: A disease that results from an infection transmitted to
humans and other animals by blood-feeding arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks and
fleas.
Example: Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, malaria
Importance: As deforestation and global warming occurs, humans are in closer
proximity to animals and biodiversity decreases, exponentially increasing the odds of
the spread of disease.
Threat multipliers- Answer Define: idea that climate change couples with other factors
to cause security problems
Example/Significance: water crises can heighten State fragility and serve as a threat
multiplier. As the Secretary-General observed, climate change must be regarded as a
threat multiplier. Climate Change is a threat multiplier that affects our security and
peace.
Non-diversified economy - Answer Define: An economy dependent of one specific field
of product or service.
Example: The Bahamas' tourism-based economy.
Importance: this type of economy is super fragile because in case of depending on one
source of something, if it doesn't work out, then the economy would crash.
Grassroot Collaborations- Definition Answer Define: A group of people in a district,
region, or community that organize in order to create change at a local, regional,
, national, or international level.
Example: Elizabeth River Project
Importance: A way that a group of individuals can better their environment in their local
communities or in a larger scale.
Watershed Restorations - Answer Define: Restoration of a watershed returns the
ecosystem to as close an approximation as possible of its state prior to a specific
incident or period of deterioration. Restoration can be divided into two broad
categories—reestablishment and rehabilitation.
Example: Correcting the damage from a sewage or chemical spill
Importance: Watershed restorations can help us undo the damage we have done to our
watersheds
Resource extraction - Answer Define: the taking of resources in the territory of one
nation or ethnic group by an outside power, basis of colonialism and the modern global
economy
Example: hunting, mining, oil and gas drilling, and forestry. **The gold mining in Central
America which produced harmful chemicals that leeched into the soil and water making
the land unsuitable for life.
Significance: It gives to humans all sorts of useful products. The environmental effects
from these activities, though may be irreversible and quite damaging.
Eutrophication - Definition Answer NOT ON TERMS LIST
Nutrients become overly focused in a biotic community, generally a body of water,
